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An investigation has been launched into the deaths of thousands of game fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that occurred after the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation drained the water near a protected island in order to repair a levee. The department stopped draining the remaining water around Prospect Island and will add oxygen to the water to try to save some of the remaining fish.

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A $12.3 million experiment in Northern California could reduce greenhouse gases, restore vanishing delta islands and save billions of dollars in levee repairs. Funded by the California Department of Water Resources, the test will determine whether native marsh plants and soils in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can capture and store carbon emissions. If successful, the experiment could lead to widespread farming of native tules, helping to rebuild the badly eroded delta islands that are straining the region's flood-control levees.

A $12.3 million experiment in Northern California could reduce greenhouse gases, restore vanishing delta islands and save billions of dollars in levee repairs. Funded by the California Department of Water Resources, the test will determine whether native marsh plants and soils in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta can capture and store carbon emissions. If successful, the experiment could lead to widespread farming of native tules, helping to rebuild the badly eroded delta islands that are straining the region's flood-control levees.

The ongoing economic slump is increasing the appeal of tax cuts, and not just among the Republican presidential candidates who typically embrace them. Republicans, who are shouldering the blame for the downturn because they control the White House, could gain back some favor by pushing for extensions to the Bush administration's 2001 tax cuts.

Construction is set to move ahead this week on the $9 million restoration of the Keller district stadium, in Keller, Texas. The overhaul of the 15-year-old stadium will include adding about 3,000 bleacher seats, building a new locker room, repairing cracks in the floors and foundation and bringing the facility up to code with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

A new facility being built in Eunice, N.M., will represent the first uranium enrichment facility to be permitted in the U.S. in 30 years. The National Enrichment Facility will be built and operated by Louisiana Energy Service.